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West African Elders Forum, ECOWAS, others call for calm in Sierra Leone
The West Africa Elders Forum(WAEF) in conjunction with African Union, ECOWAS and Commonwealth has called for calm in Sierra Leone and urged citizens to desist from inflammatory rhetoric that is capable of jeopardizing the nation’s peace and undermining the democratic process of the country.
The heads of international observation missions in Sierra Leone in a joint statement signed by former Nigerian president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, for WAEF, Hailemariam Dasalegn Boshe, Africa Union, Mohamed Ibn Chambas for ECOWAS, and Yemi Obasanjo for Commonwealth, said it was disturbed by the inflammatory language circulating on the social media and appealed to the citizens of Sierra Leone to continue to exercise restraint concerning the outcome of the elections.
In the statement, the leaders stated: “The Heads of International Election Observation Missions present in Sierra Leone: the African Union, ECOWAS, Commonwealth, and the West Africa Elders Forum are concerned by the inflammatory language circulating on social media.”
“The Heads of Missions urge all Sierra Leonians within and outside the country to refrain from any inflammatory language that could lead to violence, loss of lives and the destruction of the country.” The statement read in part.
The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone(ECSL) late Tuesday declared incumbent President Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) as the winner of the election with 1,566,932 of the total votes cast against his closest challenger Samura Kamara of the All Peoples Congress (APC) who scored 1,148,262 votes. The 59-year-old President Maada Bio was subsequently sworn in for his second and final five-year term later on Tuesday night. The country has remained largely calm, despite heightened tension ahead of the polls.
According to Wealth Dickson Ominano, Communication Officer, Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, WAEF which is led by the former Nigerian president, had before the election, met with different stakeholders to emphasis the need for peaceful polls.
The team has continued its consultations with the stakeholders on the need to build a consensus towards a peaceful transition,” Wealth said.
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Breaking: Court of Appeal rules in favour of Turaki -led PDP candidate for Osun governorship election
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Thursday, ruled that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Gubernatorial Candidate in Osun State was validly nominated by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee.
The court also ordered INEC to list the PDP logo on the ballot ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial election.
The Court held that access code is neither a creation of the Constitution nor the Electoral Act; rather, a creation of INEC’s guidelines and cannot, in any way, override the provisions of the Constitution.
Section 288 of the Constitution does not specify the method for nominating candidates; it only states that the names of candidates should be forwarded to the Commission.
The court further held that the defendant (INEC) should take steps to include the name of the appellant on the ballot paper.
Additionally, the court ruled that the primary election conducted by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP was a valid primary election in law.
The three-man panel of justices—Justice Mahmud, Justice Jaro, and Justice Ankawere, was unanimous in its judgment.
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Breaking: NHRC sets up situation room to monitor and document hate speech, intimidation, threat to life ahead 2027
The national Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has set up a situation room to monitor and document all incidences of hate speech, intimidation and threat to life by politicians and other actors ahead of the 2027 general election.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, revealed this on Thursday in Abuja at a press conference.
He said the situation room would enable the Commission harvest data, analysis and document persons, agencies and others involved in the negative statements in order to ensure they are properly tracked and brought to book by relevant agencies.
Ojukwu also took journalists on a tour of the newly set up situation room.
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Breaking: NHRC expresses concern over rising incidences of hate speech, threat to life ahead 2027 elections
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
At a press conference in Abuja Thursday, the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, recalled statements credited to Senator Francis Fadahunsi and Sheikh Yahya Jingir and described the das dangerous with capacity to set the nation ablaze.
He called on politicians, religious and traditional rulers, among other stakeholders to call their supporters and faithful to orders.
He urged government to act before rhetorics turn to violence, saying the forthcoming election in Osun State should serve as example of Nigeria’s capacity to conduct political contest in compliance with international best practices.
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